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Button No 125
Dear Rex,
I tried to enlarge my scan but button no 125 won't show up because it is black oxidised. It is a quite rare 1901-03 period Queensland button with Edward V11 cypher. It became obsolete in 1903 when the Australian army was formed and button no 130 was worn right around Australia in brass and WM. I will take another scan of the button when I dig out the two badges and scan all three. Did your card have anything on it at all or was it blank? It did not seem to matter to Gaunts exactly which badge or button they included because they were only interested in the size and the quality. |
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Thanks for the quick reply, Kingsley.
Still on the card are the four buttons on the left, nos. 120-124, and all five on the right, nos. 126-130. In the middle, no. 132, the 37th Lancers shoulder title, is present also. Do you have Cossum's 'Buttons of the Defence Forces in Australia'? If so, which one of the four on page 22 is it, or is in none of these? Cossum does not list a black version of any, so yours must be pretty scarce, as you say. Rex |
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Ed V11 Black button
Hi Rex,
The button is the one on the bottom right of page 22 in Cossum's button book, the button with the garter buckle. In the book he does not mention a black button or Gaunt as a maker at all, only Hobson London. I don't think anyone can ever be sure of all the different makers for a particular button, even the common map of Australia ones. I like the early Australian buttons and for years have been looking for the "1/NSW" (the first button in the book), also a NSW Lancer button on the second page. Haven't had time yet to do the three scans. |
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Hello Kingsley is this the book? http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...hp?albumid=898 http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...hp?albumid=896 http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...hp?albumid=891 http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...hp?albumid=885 Do you have the separate price list? Regards Rob |
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Hi Kingsley,
Thanks again. Since buying the sample card, I had expected the identity of the missing items to remain unknown forever; a real bonus to have the information now. Can't help with the two buttons you are looking for, sorry. Rex |
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Gaunt Catalogue
Dear Rob,
Mt book is definitely the one you illustrate. It is the first time i have ever seen the first two pages because when I got it it had been used to keep the weather out of a broken window and the cover and first few pages had rotted off. It does include the price list at the back, originally bound backwards so that you could fold the price page on top of the badge page. It was so badly damaged that I had it all re-bound with a hard cover years ago. |
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Complete Gaunt Sample Card
Rex,
Here is the complete Gaunt sample card, back together after about 40 years. The oxidised button is the best I can do but it has "Queensland" around the top of the circle and Ed V11 cypher. The enamelled 3rd Kennedy Inf is the only one I have ever seen, very rare. Kingsley |
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Kingsley,
Many thanks, will print the pics, and keep with my sample card. You have gone to a lot of trouble, much appreciated. Regards, Rex |
#39
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gaunt
There is a KDG 'star' badge on ebay...slider marked Gaunt Bham.....£5 post free!!
Either a bargain or? |
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If it has a B'Ham mark then it is proabably a 1970's reproduction and only worth a fiver "Max"!
Andy |
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gaunt
A pre-1938 it ain't!
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gaunt
And another the same just turned up but this one is £8.
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Gaunt moved their entire business to Birmingham in the early 1960s and yes there are genuine badges marked Birmingham, metal and AA.
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Julian,
yes there are genuine A/A badges marked Gaunt B'ham, but I doubt there are many (if any) official issued non anodised OR's badges? 1960 would have seen very few "metal" badges still being issued? Andy Last edited by 2747andy; 12-05-13 at 04:48 PM. |
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badge makers, gaunt, j r gaunt |
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